Local Sports

February 23, 2012

By

Bruce Guthrie

DUMAS â€“ On paper, it was supposed to be no contest. But the Bauxite Lady Miners certainly contested though they fell short in a 44-33 season-ending loss to the Star City Lady Bulldogs in the opening round of the Class 4A South Region on Wednesday.

â€śI told the girls before the game that I felt like we were the only 20 people in the state that had a chance to beat this team,â€ť said Bauxite head coach Joshua Harrison.

February 22, 2012

BRYANT â€“ The Bryant Hornets picked up a huge 45-38 victory on over the North Little Rock Charging Wildcats on Tuesday night in 7A/6A Central conference action in Bryant. Both teams are 8-5 in the Central and since Bryant beat North Little Rock by seven points and the Charging Wildcats won by five points, 53-48, earlier in the year, the Hornets have the tie-breaker.

February 22, 2012

EL DORADO â€“ The Benton Lady Panthers ended their 15-game winning streak and their perfect conference season with a 43-39 double-overtime loss to the El Dorado Lady Wildcats on Tuesday night in 6A South conference action to end the regular season.

â€śI think we played about as bad as we could possibly play,â€ť Benton Coach Jerry Chumley said. â€śWe missed a lot of easy shots and we didnâ€™t have the intensity that we needed. We didnâ€™t play with any urgency. It just wasnâ€™t a very good ball game.â€ť

February 16, 2012

LITTLE ROCK - With every beginning, there is an end. Just like the best or worst book in the world, it always ends in one way or another. There is no difference in this yearâ€™s Harmony Grove Lady Cardinals and most of all, this yearâ€™s seniors. After beating the Cutter Morning Star Lady Eagles on Tuesday night in the opening round of the 5-3A South district tournament at Episcopal, the Lady Cardinals found themselves fighting for a bid to the 3A regional tournament.

February 16, 2012

MALVERN â€“ The Bauxite Minersâ€™ season will continue as they picked up a 41-33 win against the Ashdown Panthers Wednesday night in the 7-4A district tournament held at the Bill Hunt Fieldhouse in Malvern. The Miners qualified for the regional tournament next week, but first have to face the No. 1 team in the 4A conference, Pulaski Academy.

â€śThis time of year itâ€™s a one-game season,â€ť Bauxite Coach Mark Smith said. â€śItâ€™s game to game and our guys, our seniors, we told them if you donâ€™t want your career to be over, youâ€™ve got to step it up.â€ť

February 16, 2012

MALVERN â€“ It wasnâ€™t pretty, but the Bauxite Lady Miners extended their season with a 55-51 win over the Maumelle Lady Hornets Wednesday in the 7-4A district tournament in Malvern. The Lady Miners now have No. 2 seed and host Malvern tonight.

The Lady Miners (19-9, 11-4 7-4A), the No. 3 seed, looked as if they were going to have smooth sailing when they got up 21-8 after two Mary Crow free throws with 1:29 left in the first half, and leading 23-11 at halftime, but the third quarter and freshman Kamry Orr had other designs.

February 15, 2012

BENTON â€“ The Benton Lady Panthers had no problem in dispensing the J.A. Fair Lady War Eagles 58-17 Tuesday night in 6A South conference action at Benton Arena. The Lady Panthers ho-hummed their way to the teamâ€™s 14th consecutive victory and improved to 12-0 in the 6A South.

â€śFair is way down,â€ť Benton Coach Jerry Chumley said. â€śWe got through and didnâ€™t have any injuries so mission accomplished.â€ť

February 15, 2012

LITTLE ROCK â€“ The Harmony Grove Lady Cardinals came into Tuesday nightâ€™s opening round of the 5-3A South District Tournament in control of their own fate. There was only one problem standing in their way and that was the Lady Eagles from Cutter Morning Star, a team Harmony Grove narrowly escaped with a win on the road just a few days ago.

February 15, 2012

LITTLE ROCK â€“ The Glen Rose Beavers came into the first round of the 5-3A District Tournament at Episcopal (Little Rock) with nothing to lose and everything to gain as they tried to play spoiler and keep their season alive. But, there would be no fireworks on the Glen Rose side as Fountain Lake narrowly got past the Beavers 44-42.

February 9, 2012

LITTLE ROCK â€“ The Bryant Lady Hornets swim team finished in second place at the Central Arkansas Invitational swim and dive meet this past Saturday. The Lady Hornets scored 267 points behind Conway High Schoolâ€™s 535 points. The Bryant boys finished in sixth place with a total of 158, the Benton Panthers finished in 13th place (29.5) and the Lady Panthers came in 12th with 41 points.